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CA Senate Committee to Consider Protected Bike Lanes Bill Tomorrow

By Melanie Curry | Jun 25, 2014 | No Comments

A key hearing will be held in Sacramento tomorrow on legislation that would pave the way for more California cities to build protected bike lanes, also known as “cycle tracks.” Currently the California Highway Design Manual does not allow protected bike lanes, and state law requires local jurisdictions to follow Caltrans specifications for bicycle facilities […]

Speaking With SFMTA’s Seleta Reynolds, Nominated to Head LADOT

By Joe Linton and Damien Newton | Jun 20, 2014 | No Comments

Earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated Seleta Reynolds to be the new general manager for LADOT. Streetsblog announced the nomination earlier today via this brief article, which includes the mayor’s press release. Reynolds currently works for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), where she leads three teams in the Livable Streets subdivision […]

Seleta Reynolds of SFMTA Livable Streets Named Head of LADOT

By Joe Linton | Jun 20, 2014 | No Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has nominated Seleta Reynolds to be the new general manager for the city’s Transportation Department (LADOT.) From preliminary research on Reynolds’s background, this looks like great news. Reynolds currently works for San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) where her focus had been livable streets, with a focus on building more equitable streets. Reynolds’ […]

CA’s Regional Agency Reps Tout Increased Ped Safety Funding in Sacramento

By Melanie Curry | May 15, 2014 | No Comments

The Peds Count! 2014 Summit kicked off in Sacramento with a panel of top-level executives from regional planning agencies celebrating their accomplishments in improving conditions for pedestrians. The speakers represented an alphabet soup of major metropolitan transportation agencies in California: SANDAG, the San Diego Association of Governments; SACOG, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments; SCAG, […]

A Rising Tide for Walking and Biking in California Cities

By Damien Newton | May 5, 2014 | No Comments

This week, the League for American Bicyclists released its nationwide “benchmarking” report on the state of active transportation throughout the country. The report contained good news for those working to make California a more safe and attractive place to bicycle. California rose ten spots to #9 in the state to state comparisons, scoring nearly 54 […]

California Legislation Watch: Weekly Update

By Melanie Curry | Mar 28, 2014 | No Comments

California’s legislative season is heating up, and both the Assembly and the Senate are beginning to read and discuss the bills wending their way though the session. Here’s Streetsblog’s weekly highlight of events and legislation related to transportation at the capitol. Today’s column focuses on four pieces of legislation that moved through the hearing process […]

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